Coat-sleeve holder



June 17, 1924. v 1,497,906

C. M. HENRY COAT SLEEVE ,HOLDER Filed July ll. 1923 /N VEA/roi? CHA RLE M HENRY Patented .lune 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES CHARLES M. HENRY, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. i

COAT-SLEEVE HOLDER.

Applcationled July 11, 1923. Serial No. 650,866.

To all 107mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, Ci-Lannns M. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing kat Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat- Sleeve Holders; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear7 and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of'my invention is to provide a simple and eliicient sleeve holder for coats, especially when hung in a wardrobe trunk, so as to hold the coat and the sleeves in such position that the sleeves will not become wrinkled.

Hitherto it has been found, in the usage of wardrobe trunks, 'that thehardest things to carry, without wrinkling, are coatsleeves. They have to be folded into position and be held in position, in order to prevent wrinkles. Pins have been used in such a way as to pin the sleeves to the body of the coat, but these pins injure the garments. They leave marks and are apt to tear the garments. across the top of the coat hanger in the trunk and skirts are disposed .in the same way, withthe waist bands of the trousers or skirt falling over the sleeves and helping to hold the same in position.L This is unsatisfactory, for the reason that the slightest movement of the hanger will disarrange the sleeves and wrinkles will result. Such packing also takes careful attention and considerable time.

By my invention, all of these troubles are overcome.

To these ends, my invention consists of the novel. devices and novel combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. y

My invention, in its preferred form, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like notations refer to like parts throughout the several views; and in which drawings Fig. l is a perspective view of an openr wardrobe trunk having my sleeve holder employed therein, with a coat shown with its sleeves held thereby; y

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the preferred form of my sleeve holder'detached from the trunk;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sect-ion on the Sometimes the trousers are thrown line 3-3 of Fig. 2, but on a much larger scale; and

F ig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of a part of the sleeve holder, shown in Fig. 2, on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, on` a larger scale, the dotted lines showing the end portions of the two strips as separated and sprung apart. v

The wardrobe trunk may be of any suitable kind, and, as shown in Fig. lof the drawings, includes the usual wardrobe section 5 and the drawer section 6 suitably hinged together. one of the customary coat hangers employed in such trunks, and the numeral 8 represents a coat suspended from the hanger 7 Referring now to my sleeve holder, as illustrated, it is composed of a pair of parallel strips 9, which may be made of any suitable resilient material of considerable stiffness, but which I preferably make out of fiber board, because it well meets the conditions, and is available at low prices. These two strips are secured together, approximately at their longitudinal centers, by a rivet 10, or in any other suitable way. On the ends of the strips 9, are the co-operating parts of snap buttons 1l, by which the ends of the strips may be detachably secured together. mounted so as to embrace the two strips and be movable lengthwise thereof between the centrally disposed rivet pin 10 and the snap buttons 11. p f

The holder made up of said strips will be of suitable length, for usage in the size of wardrobe, wherein it is to be employed. Wardrobe trunks vary in width and the strips may also vary in length, but should be of a length a little less than the width of the wardrobe section of the trunk.

The operation is probably obvious from the drawings and the foregoing description, but it maybe vbriefly summarized as follows k:-

The coat is first properly suspended from the hanger 7, and then the sleeves are folded into proper position. rIhe ends of the strips of the holder are then spread apart and the sleeves slipped in between the two strips. Then the snap hooks 11 are engaged and the keepers l2 then slid outward far enough to produce a slight clamping ,action on the embraced sleeves.

After the holder has been applied in working position to the sleeves with the coat A pair ofy sliding keepers l2 yare The numeral 7 represents suspended from the hanger 7, the hanger 7 and the coat can be removed and restored or shifted from one position to another on the hanger supporters of the trunk, Without causingfthe sleeves to become disarranged.

.A coat suspended in this Way, with the sleeves held by this holder, may beshipped to any distance, no difference hoW rough the handling, and nevertheless, the sleeves will come out from the trunk in practically the same condition in Which they were placed therein; or, in other Words, by the usage of this device, no ivrinkling of the sleeves occurs andy the sleeves are not marred in any way. It Will also cause the other contents of the trunk to carry in better shape. lt also saves a large amount of time in the packing of the trunk. A

Having had a large experience in the trunk business, l Was led to make this invention to overcome the troubles above noted, and have found by extensive actual usage that my device overcomes all of the said troubles and has the advantages abover noted. l

While the preferred :form of my invention is of the structure and materials above den tailed, it will, or course, be' understoodthat various changes may be made in the torni and in the materials and in the ar lan, ;ement of the details, Without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, any other suitable material `may Vbe employed which has the requisite resiliency and stiiiness. Some of the parts shown may be omitted, and yet good results be had, such, for example, as the keepers 12, but tl e Yform have shown as preferred, I have found to be highly convenient and practicable.

lhat is claimed is:

l. A coat sleeve holder for Wardrobe trunks comprising a pair of strips adapted to embrace a pair of coat sleeves and secured together at or about their longitudinal centers, means on the ends of said strips lying substantially fiat with the outer surfaces thereot` for readily securing said ends together to hold said sleeves spaced in nonwrinlrling position.

2. A coat sleeve holder for Wardrobe trunks comprising a pair of resilient strips secured together at or about their longitudinal centers, adapted to embrace a pair of coat sleeves and non-rotatable means on the ends of said strips for detachably securing said ends together to hold the sleeves spaced in non-Wrinkling position.

3; A coat sleeve. holder Jfor Wardrobe trunks comprising a pair of resilient parallel strips adaptedto embrace a pair of coat sleeves and co-operating snap buttons on the ends of said strips 'for detachably securing said ends together and clamping the sleeves in spaced non-Wrinkling position.

4. A coat sleeve holder for Wardrobe trunks comprising a pair of resilient parallel strips secured together at or about their longitudinal centers and having their end portions adapted to embrace a pair of coat sleeves, means for detachably securing the respective rextremities of said strips together around said coat sleeves, and a pair of slidable keepers adapted for longitudinal movement on said strips to co-operate with said end securing means and clamp said strips together about said sleeves.v

ln testimony whereof I affix lmy signature.

CHARLES M. HENRY. 

